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This book presents a general survey of American fiddling. The author's intent is to teach the basics of fiddling by beginning with essential bowings and fingerings, and progressing from simple to more complex renditions of tunes. As fiddling is an aural tradition and fiddlers from different parts...

William Sweetland was a Bath organ builder who flourished from c.1847 to 1902 during which time he built about 300 organs, mostly for churches and chapels in Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, but also for locations scattered south of a line from the Wirral to the Wash. Gordon Curtis places...

If you’ve ever wanted to play the trumpet and thought it too difficult to learn, and you're looking for an easy book to get you started, look no further! Victor M. Barba's book, Quiero Tocar la Trompeta [I Want to Play the Trumpet], is here! Finally, there is an easy-to-understand book to learn...

Performance is a forum for social action, embodied interaction and shared authority. Recently, as the various acts and agencies surrounding a performance have become the target of scholarly interest, the complex split between theory and practice has been challenged, as has the idea of a singular,...

This volume contains three classic articles on the subject of church organs which primarily deal with 'registration' and general technique. They include: “The Organ – Its Total Structure and Registration, by Cecil Clutton”, “The Organ Student's Gradus ad Parnassum – Book I. The Elements...

About Flute Essentials Book ITaking up music is a fun and exciting hobby. It is something that absolutely anyone can do. It does not require "talent" as many people think, and it comes with many physical and mental health benefits. The myth about needing talent comes about when players choose the...

The Capo Chord Book is an instructional method designed to aid the beginner/intermediate guitarist in capo transpositions. Playing in keys laden with bar chords can be frustrating to the novice. This book intends to remove this frustration by showing the player how to play in these difficult keys...

Whether guitarists are new to open-tunings or already working with them, fingerstyle specialist Jim Goodin offers a progressive look at the popular D-based harp-like tuning. Classical, Celtic, blues, folk, gospel and several original compositions are represented in the 15 notation/tablature arrangements...

One of the most stressful situations that a music student (or any performer) encounters during their studies is the day, the hour or the moment of the performance. Whether it is a first lesson, entrance exam, graduation recital, audition, or music competition, there is always presence of this inner...

This comprehensive edition brings together all of the standard pieces in the adopted Albeniz ""guitar repertoire"" along with additional pieces that complete many of the suites and other groupings as published during the composer's lifetime. These solo arrangements were made while...

This comprehensive book contains over 100 Celtic tunes arranged for solo fingerstyle guitar. This edition is derived from a collection of nearly 300 arrangements Glenn Weiser has created over the last twenty years. The book is divided into 4 sections: 1) airs, marches and waltzes 2) hornpipes, jigs...

World traveling fingerstyle guitarist Pat Kirtley presents 17 solo guitar arrangements of traditional Irish tunes including a few original compositions in the same vein by himself, Pierre Bensusan, and Duck Baker. As all of the tunes in this 1997 recording were arranged in altered tunings (DADGAD,...

Author Steve Marsh has spent many years playing guitar in the folk clubs of the United Kingdom where Irish music is in abundance. This collection draws from his extensive collection of original arrangements of traditional tunes. The songs vary in style and can be grouped into sets for use in a recital...

“The aim of this book is to gather in one place a compendium of techniques specific to the classical guitar. Each technique has a written explanation, preliminary exercises and two original compositions, providing the opportunity to use the techniques in a musical context.” Steve Marsh Mel...